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OpenStack Nova host data access through resize/migration
GHSA-49jv-37hm-6gfp · CVE-2016-2140 · PYSEC-2026-864
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Description
The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2140
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/0b194187db9da28225cb5e62be3b45aff5a1c793
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/116b1210ab772c55d1ed1f715687d83877c92701
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/f302bf04ab5dda89cf8ceaeed309006da90c0666
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0363
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0364
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0365
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0366
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2140
- WEB https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450
- WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313454
- PACKAGE https://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEB https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html
- WEB http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/563
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6
- WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277
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